NCT05078918

Comprehensive Care Program for Their Return to Normal Life Among Lung Cancer Survivors

Development and Evaluation of Comprehensive Care Program for Their Return to Normal Life and Community Among Lung Cancer Survivors

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 800 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Samsung Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to develop a comprehensive care program for their return to normal life and community among lung cancer survivors and evaluate the effectiveness of the program.

Detailed description

Lung cancer patients scheduled for curative surgery will be enrolled in this study. The comprehensive care program will be developed, and provided to the intervention group before and after surgery. Outcomes will be assessed 6 months and 1 year after surgery. To evaluate the effectiveness of the program, a control group will be enrolled first and used as a comparator.

Conditions

• Lung Cancer
• Lung Neoplasm

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Comprehensive care program	Comprehensive care program includes education and re-evaluation process. Education using video-materials to help patients adapt to the new normal before and after surgery. And re-evaluation patient's needs 1 month after surgery and arrangement resources.
OTHER	Usual care	Usual care includes encouraging deep breathing and exercise using inspirometer, postoperative early ambulation, giving information at discharge and follow up 1 month after surgery.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-09-08
• Primary completion: 2024-09-08
• Completion: 2025-02-28
• First posted: 2021-10-15
• Last updated: 2022-11-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: South Korea